For the 10th straight year, the Red Road for American Indians in Recovery will hold a Sobriety Powwow behind the Dighton Town Hall from June 15 to 17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public.

“The theme of the powwow is about sobriety,” said Don Manidoogekek, of Red Road. “The disease of addiction has no discrepancies, so we welcome everybody. We welcome everybody to our meetings, and we welcome everybody to our powwow.”

“There’s a component about the disease of addiction — the disease not only affects the individual; it affects our family, our friends and our community,” Manidoogekek added.

The three-day event is meant both to promote sobriety and provide support and encouragement to those struggling to free themselves of their addiction.

“This shows other people that may be on the fence of whether they want to get sober, whether they’re wondering if they have an addiction or it they’re newly sober, we show that there’s a life in sobriety,” Manidoogekek said. “The power of the powwow is the power of example. It’s a tool… There is help out there, but you have to want it. There’s people out there that want it, but just don’t know where to go. We could be the tool to show people where to go.”

In addition to sponsoring this annual powwow, Red Road also holds two annual meetings in Massachusetts each year to provide support for those recovering from addiction, among other events.

This year’s powwow will feature Native American traders; traditional and contemporary Native American music performed by award winning musicians Joseph FireCrow, Timbered Lake and Jody Gaskin; and a special staking ceremony.

“What we’re using for the staking ceremony is something that the Native Americans have done years ago,” Manidoogekek said.

During the ceremony, people will be given a stake with four colors — red, white, yellow and black — that they will plant in the ground outside of a circle they form. In the circle, those gathered will share stories about their life and struggles with addiction.

“We’re staking ourselves to make a one year commitment, and we’re making a commitment that we’re going to stay sober, we’re going to better ourselves, we’re going to provide service work to the community and we’re going to help others,” Manidoogekek said. “(The stake) reminds us that we made a commitment, and it reminds everybody else what road we’re on — we’re on the red road to sobriety.”

Since he has struggled with problems with alcohol in the past, Manidoogekek knows firsthand the struggle to overcome addiction and how much support events like the Sobriety Powwow can help.

“It was tough in the beginning. It was tough getting sober and staying sober, but it gets better,” Manidoogekek said.

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“We stay sober one day at a time. We only have today,” he added. “…If we worry about yesterday and have fear of tomorrow, we’re not going to focus on what we have to do today.”

While the powwow will run all weekend, the free concerts will begin on June 15 at 6 p.m. and June 16 immediately following a feast and sobriety meeting at 7 p.m.

Manidoogekek said he encourages anyone struggling with drugs or alcohol addiction to attend, along with their family and friends.